Wang Qingying

Wang Qingying (1984-) was a politicial dissident from China who was involved in pro-democracy protests. In 2016, he was sentenced to up to five years in prison for his anti-government roles.

Biography
Wang Qingying was born in 1984, and he joined Tang Jingling's Nonviolent Citizens' Disobedience Movement protest group to fight against the Communist Party of China's government. In 2009, he was fired from teaching at a university for signing a charter asking for democratization and political reform in China, and in June 2014 he was arrested at his house for his opposition to the government. He was first detained at Baiyun District Detention Center, where he was repeatedly tortured and interrogated for up to 13 hours at a time, and he shared a 20-meter room with 30 inmates. The government's abuse of him ended when he finally "confessed" to his crimes, and he was moved to a larger room and allowed to use a toilet. On 29 January 2016, he was sentenced to up to five years in prison for supposedly "attempting to overthrow the Communist Party government in Guangzhou".